India, Sept. 24 -- Ahead of the latest session of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) in Bihar on Wednesday, the party recalled a landmark pre-Independence session of 1940 held in the same state. Its leaders saw a linkage in how the party remains committed to the Constitution of India since then.

This also served as a reminder, perhaps unintentional, of how much the party's fate has changed in those 85 years. Bihar stands out as an example. Once the preeminent force in the country, fighting against British rule and then shaping independent India, the Congress is now a junior partner struggling to get one-fourth of the seats to fight in its alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).

Congress comms in-charge Jairam Ramesh shared the s...